"As of now about 410,000 people were accepted [to the armed forces] starting January 1, 2023. This work to induct military personnel to the contract service will continue next year. The decision has been made by the president, this work is going quite well," Medvedev said during a visit to the Alabino landfill.
Russia is rapidly developing domestic production of conventional high-precision weapons, increasing it multiple times over the past years.
At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are experiencing an in-flow of volunteers: in September 2023, Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that as many as 300,000 volunteers have already signed up to join Russia's special military operation, serving their Motherland.